Month: June 2004

LONG BEACH, Calif. — Even though there seemingly is unending demand for broadband services throughout the world, nagging questions continue to linger whether satellite-based Internet companies will be a success...

Officials from Orbcomm Inc. today said the company has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Coast Guard to develop and supply automatic identification system (AIS) capabilities over the Orbcomm...

Officials from Maritime Telecommunications Network (MTN) and Intelsat today said the two companies have signed a new five-year contract under which Intelsat will provide MTN with additional capacity to expand...

ViaSat Inc. [VSAT] officials today said the company is expanding its Immeon shared-hub services to all Haverty Furniture Co. [HVT] locations under a new four-year agreement. Immeon will provide 768...

EchoStar Communications Corp. [DISH] officials today said the company has signed an exclusive agreement with BBC America to broadcast the BBC drama “EastEnders” on its Dish Network direct-to-home satellite television...

Officials from The DirecTV Group [DTV] said today that their DirecTV satellite television unit tied with rival satellite TV service EchoStar Communications [DISH] in earning a customer satisfaction rating of...

SES Astra has signed a deal with Ya.com Internet Factory, owned by T-Online, to launch a new satellite broadband service in Spain called Yacom Satélite. The service is aimed at...

Intelsat officials today said BT Broadcast Services launched its satellite broadband service using the Intelsat system. The service is targeted to small and medium businesses as well as small office/home...

LONG BEACH, Calif.–The three sectors of the aerospace industry–commercial, civil space and military space–need to work together to lower expenses and exploit technological synergies, said Gen. Eugene Tattini [Ret.], deputy...

Globalstar LLC said its service quality in the Caribbean region has been “dramatically improved,” following the installation of a fourth antenna at its regional gateway at Las Palmas, Puerto Rico....